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An international certificate of vaccination against polio is compulsory for
children aged between three months and six years.
An international certificate of vaccination against yellow fever is
compulsory for travellers who, within the three months prior to their arrival in
Brazil, have visited or been in transit through any of the following countries:
Angola,
Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of
Congo, Ecuador, French Guyana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Liberia,
Nigeria, Peru, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Venezuela and Zaire.
Additionally, vaccination against yellow fever is recommended for all
travellers when visiting the following states of Brazil: Acre, Amazonas, Amapá,
Distrito Federal, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Rondônia,
Roraima and Tocantins. Please note that yellow fever vaccinations take
approximately 10 days to become effective.
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